How to Use entirety in a Sentence

entirety

noun
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  • I wish that I could find a card for Valentine's Day that expresses the entirety of my love.
  • Katie and Steve would stay on for the entirety of the trip.
    — Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Woods, once the game started, would take a seat on the bench and stay there for the entirety of the game.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But the plaintiffs are not asking the court to block the map in its entirety.
    — Emma Platoff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
  • But, the entirety of her small check went to Screen Actors Guild fees to join the union.
    — Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The band will perform all the songs from the album in its entirety each night.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The Clippers will be without Paul George for the entirety of the first round.
    — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Head over to The New Yorker to read the Frank profile in its entirety.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Fans will have to wait until March 29 to hear Act II in its entirety and see how the rest of the songs sound.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024
  • One northbound lane will stay closed for the entirety of that span.
    — Killian Baarlaer, The Enquirer, 18 July 2024
  • The photo of him signing the bill could haunt him for the entirety of his campaign.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Beef shank provides a good ratio of meat with bone and can be used for the entirety of the meat's needs.
    — Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In the 2021 playoffs, Leonard tore the ACL in his right knee, missing the rest of that season as well as the entirety of the next one.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Play Joni Mitchell’s album Blue in its entirety with the lights off.
    — Sarah Gundle, WIRED, 22 July 2023
  • Spoilers ahead for the entirety of The Crown season five.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Some deals will last for the entirety of the sale, while others only pop up for a few hours.
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • And as the Sun attempted to go for the win, their best player — Thomas — watched from the bench for the entirety of the fourth quarter.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
  • Head over to Rolling Stones’ website to read the excerpt in its entirety.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The ruling came as part of a lawsuit filed by physicians that asked the court to strike down the ban in its entirety.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The next night, the group will play the album in its entirety at New York’s Bowery Ballroom.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 Nov. 2023
  • At the end of January, the list will be published in its entirety.
    — Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The first vote — to toss all of the impeachment articles in their entirety — failed by a vote of 6-24.
    — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The mismatch between investors and the Fed extends through the entirety of 2024.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The sixth win at TQL Stadium also equaled the number of wins the team logged at home in the entirety of the 2022 season.
    — The Enquirer, 7 May 2023
  • The Hornets led for the entirety of the game as a blocked extra point prevented the score from being even at 7-7 in the first half.
    — Staff Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The New York Times was the first to publish Lively’s complaint in its entirety.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 Dec. 2024
  • My prediction is that Mike sticks around for the entirety of 2023.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The menu consists of only five or six items and is meant to be ordered in its entirety and shared.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • Now imagine reliving that episode over and over again for the entirety of a month.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 30 July 2024
  • The board voted on the plan in chunks because the proposal in its entirety proved to be so divisive among board members and the community.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024

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